Polymyxins US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Polymyxins Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Extended-spectrum penicillins used to treat Pseudomonas aeurginosa infections_____
Answer: Piperacillin, ticarcillin, carbenicllin
Flashcard 2: Toxicities of aminoglycosides are worsened when administered with _____ diuretics or vancomycin
Answer: loop
Flashcard 3: Which carbapenem antibiotic is inhibited by the kidney?_____
Answer: Imipenem
Flashcard 4: Polymixins work by binding to _____ on bacterial cell membranes
Answer: LPS
Flashcard 5: MDR pseudomonas and acinetobacter baumannii are treated with _____.
Answer: polymixins B + E (colisitin)
Flashcard 6: Aminoglycosides result in nephrotoxicity, specifically _____
Answer: acute tubular necrosis
Flashcard 7: What is the mechanism of Chloramphenicol resistance?_____
Answer: Plasmid-encoded acetyltransferases that inactivate the drug
Flashcard 8: _____-toxicity is associated with Isoniazid use
Answer: Hepato
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Flashcard 9: Clavulanic acid (clavulanate) is a suicide β-lactamase inhibitor that is combined with the aminopenicillin _____ (Augmentin) or the antipseudomonal _____
Answer: amoxicillin
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Flashcard 10: β-lactam antibiotics inhibit what family of enzymes involved in cell wall synthesis?
_____
Answer: Penicillin binding protein transpeptidases
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